Bob Menendez has big lead over Republican Bob Hugin in Quinnipiac poll

The race has huge stakes for national Democrats. The party cannot afford to lose any seat as that will tries to stop Republicans through expanding their narrow majority from the chamber. The importance of the Senate’s partisan breakdown can be playing out right at This kind of point, as Republicans try to secure the 51 votes needed to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Menendez won his party’s nomination with an underwhelming primary victory as well as also aims to salvage Democratic voters who are wary of him after his federal corruption trial last year, which ended in a mistrial. He was accused of exchanging gifts through a wealthy Florida eye doctor for political favors. Earlier This kind of year, the Senate Ethics Committee “severely admonished” Menendez.

Menendez’s campaign declined to comment on the brand new Quinnipiac poll.

from the Fairleigh Dickinson poll, Menendez features a 6 point edge over Hugin among likely voters. Nearly one in 5 likely voters — including 22 percent of Democrats, 6 percent of Republicans as well as also 42 percent of independents — are undecided, the survey said.

As Hugin boasts of bipartisan bona fides as well as also carefully distances himself through the unpopular Trump, Menendez has struggled to break away 5 weeks before the November election.

“that will looks like Hugin still has room to define himself to voters. As for Menendez, having a third of likely Democratic voters with unfavorable opinions about him can be complicating his re-election efforts. He has some work to do in his own party if he can be to expand his margin before November,” said Krista Jenkins, director of the Fairleigh Dickinson poll.

Although Menendez’s results from the Democratic primary were unexpectedly dismal, Democratic voters are likely to show up from the November election to counter the risk of a Republican stealing the seat. The senator also has adequate time to unleash attack ads on his opponent, experts said.

“There’s no denying that will This kind of can be tighter than one would likely expect for an incumbent senator. although, as the undecided numbers show, there’s still time for either candidate to capture more support,” Jenkins said.

On Monday, a Stockton University poll of likely voters showed Menendez leading Hugin by only two points, well within the margin of error. that will also found 52 percent of voters viewed him unfavorably.